célula
See also: celulă
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛlula
Noun
célula f (plural células)
- cell (room in a monastery)
- Synonym: cela
- cell (biological unit)
- cell (electronic component)
- cell (autonomous subgroup)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛlulɐ
- Hyphenation: cé‧lu‧la
Noun
célula f (plural células)
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Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθelula/ [ˈθe.lu.la] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈselula/ [ˈse.lu.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -elula
- Syllabification: cé‧lu‧la
Noun
célula f (plural células)
- cell (the basic unit of a living organism)
- cell (a small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Hyponyms
- célula dendrítica
- célula durmiente (“sleeper cell”)
- célula glial (“glial cell”)
- célula hija
- célula madre
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “célula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024